Campbell Soup Earnings: Soup Sales Rebound

Campbell Soup Co. chief Denise Morrison deemed the company's U.S. soup business stabilized after a sales increase of 14%, marking a fourth straight quarterly gain and the segment's largest increase in nearly five years.

Ms. Morrison has been working to come up with more new products and make some of Campbell's existing soups taste better, all while trimming overall advertising behind soup. Prior to the latest upswing, Campbell's soup business was down for two straight years, prompting investor concerns that the category was...